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(No ModeL) A. M. PURVES. DEVIGE' FUR DRYING AIR.

Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

IN VENTOR:

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE;

AUSTIN M. P'URVFS, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA SALT MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

DEVICE FOR DRYING AlR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pate Application filed October 15, 1894:. Seri To (all whom itmay concern.-

ie it known that I, AUSTIN M. P'URVES, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Drying Air, of which the following is a true and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

This invention relates to the packing of chemicals, and has for its object to provide a package of calcium chlorid of such a charactor that it can be conveniently handled and shipped without access of atmospheric moisture, and which may be used in its original containing vessel to serve its usual purpose as a desiccator, more particularly in confined spaces, such as ice-chests, closets, and the like. .Vith this object in view I provide a crock, box or can having a drainage-hole at its base to contain a filling of calcium chlorid or some othercompound of whichthat chemical forms a part, said material bein gso shaped or disposed in the crock, box or can that the solution formed by the absorption of atmospheric moisture willdrain therefrom into and through the drainage-hole in the bottom of the crock, box or can.

In my concurrent application of even date herewith, Serial No. 525,885, I have described and claimed an air-dryin g package, composed of a box made in two compartments, one of which contains calcium chlorid, the other being so disposed as to receive the solution formed by the absorption of atmospheric moisture. In said application I have also described and claimed a molded cake of calcium chloride 'ith a corrugated or pitted surface, so as to a'lford a greater area of exposed surface to the air.

My present invention may embody, and preferably does embody, the features contained in said application ,but is distinguished therefrom, namely, in the feature of the drainage-perforations,whereby the cake of calcium chlorid is prevented from flooding, and the package is thereby made at once more efficient and more durable.

My invention will bebetter understood with PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE OF SAME PLACE.

nt No. 556,692, dated March 17, 1896.

al No. 525,886. (No model.)

reference to the drawings, in which it is illustrated, and in which Figure l is a sectional made of a tin box 0 view of my package r can; and Fig. 2 a similar view of my package made from an earthenware crock, showing junct of the device.

ent flange or rib the bottom.

saucer or bowl to by the absorption drain through the lowed to harden joints between facilitate the latter the cake of calcium channel.

fer to form the said corrugations or gutters, conveying off of the liquid,

also a preferable ad- A represents a can adapted for my use, and A, 2, a similar drainage hole or holes made in the bottom of the box or crock and preferably, as shown, in the center thereof. I prefer around insure that the water will drip down therefrom and not spread crock, a indicating a.

to'form a dependthis hole or holes to out on the under side of Preferably I provide the box or crock with supporting the same in it allow the solution formed of atmospheric moisture to hole or holes a. When a tin box or can is used, these legs maybe made same material,which northe bottom, as shown in 1, but which can be bent shown in full lines.

0 is a cake of calcium chlorid which is preferably molded in the crock or therein, so as to produce tight it and the containing sides of box and althe can or crock, whereby the liquid will be prevented from flowing between the can and will be caused to flow ately through the drainage the cake and immedihole or holes. To object, I preferably form chlorid with a flared perforation O therein ,which serves as a drainage- This perforation might, of course, flare to the edges of the can or crock, but to avoid loss of space I prefer portion of this perforation 0' its upper part, as shown in Fig. l. I also preto make the lower less flaring than perforation with inclined as C to facilitate the and to also increase the area of the exposed surface of the cake.

B is a lid for the and E is a cork or hole, by means of w top of the can or crock, stopper in the drainagehich air and moisture are excluded from the cake during packing and shipping and until the package is ready for use.

WVhen it is desired to use my package, the cork or lid is removed and the open box is set over a suitable receptacle, such as a saucer F in Fig. 1. The solution formed by the absorption of atmospheric moisture will then begin at once to flow down through the perforations C in the cake and will escape through the drainage-hole a in the can or crock, be ing collected in the saucer or other receptacle in which the package is placed.

To prevent slopping and to make a more commercial device as a whole, I prefer to provide my improved package with a receptacle, such as F, Fig. 2, the upper edge of which is formed to make a joint with the bottom of the box or crock.

What I claim is-- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a desiccating-package comprising abox, can or crock having a drainage-hole at its bottom, in con1- bination with a cake of calcium chlorid cast in said box and formed with its sides sloping toward the perforation, so that moisture will drain from its exposed surface to the drainage-hole, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a desiccating-package comprising a box, can or crock having a drainage-hole in its bottom and legs extending below its bottom, in combination with a cake of calcium chlorid formed with a perforation, so as topresent a surface flaring toward the drainage-hole, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a desiccating-package comprising a box, can or crock having a drainagehole in its bottom, a Waterreceptacle adapted to fit beneath said box and to be covered thereby, and a cake of calcium chlorid contained in the box and formed with a flaring perforation so that condensed moisture will drain therefrom through the hole in the box, substantially as described.

AUSTIN M. PURVES. Witnesses II. J. PACK, Enw. F. AYRES. 

